TIFF 50
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Good Fortune Review – A Hilarious Comedy About Income Inequality
By Nick Nitkowski This was a movie I wasn’t expecting at all. For a while, it seemed like Aziz Ansari was nowhere to be found for a long time. And then suddenly, out of nowhere, we get a brand-new movie… Continue reading
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Roofman Review – A Fun Film Based On True Events With A Career Best Performance From Channing Tatum
I hope I’m not sounding like a broken record because I’ve said this before in other reviews, but I’ve seen a lot of movies based on true events. There have been a lot of them over the years. Some fit… Continue reading
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[TIFF 50] Capsule Reviews Pt 1: Homebound, Left-Handed Girl, A Useful Ghost, The Presidents’s Cake, And The Last One For The Road
By Kyle Flynn A Useful Ghost: A film that works much better conceptually and in form than it does in execution. The initial premise of the idea of a woman, who is a wife and a mother, but most importantly,… Continue reading
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[TIFF 50] Ghost School Review – A Heartfelt Debut
By Kyle Flynn One of the more intriguing selections in this year’s Discovery section at TIFF was Seemab Gul’s Ghost School, a film that gently blends coming-of-age drama with elements of mystery. The story follows Rabia, a young girl who… Continue reading
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[TIFF 50] Hen Review – Experiencing The Free Will Of A Hen
By Kyle Flynn The newest film from the filmmaker György Pálfi begins with a chicken farm mass-producing eggs. The opening shot, which would be ashamed to have ruined, immediately echoes the full ideas that will eventually be displayed over the… Continue reading
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[TIFF 50] Nouvelle Vague Review – Refuses To Say Anything Interesting About The New Wave
By Kyle Flynn What makes art worthwhile? What makes art meaningful? If I were ever asked to give an example of a piece of art, I believe is “worthwhile” (whatever it truly means), I likely would not take the question… Continue reading
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[TIFF 50] Sentimental Value Review – Trier’s Most Personal Film, But Not His Most Cohesive
By Kyle Flynn My first in-person film of this year’s TIFF was the follow-up to Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World, which I found affecting, even transformative, during its initial release. Naturally, expectations for Sentimental Value were high.… Continue reading
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[TIFF 50] The Sun Rises On Us All Review – A Slow-Burn Drama That Gripped Me By The End
By Kyle Flynn The newest film from Chinese Auteur, Cai Shangjun, comes to us at an interesting time when examining the current state of films released from China. This year alone, the highest-grossing film of the year is the animated… Continue reading
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[TIFF 50] Mare’s Nest Review – What Does It Mean To Exist In This World?
By Kyle Flynn Mare’s Nest is the most recent undertaking from experimental filmmaker Ben Rivers, an adaptation of the one-act play written by Don DeLillo, The Word of Snow. The film follows a young child appropriately named Moon (the child… Continue reading
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[TIFF 50] Little Amelie Or The Character Of Rain Review – The Discovery Of The Year
By Kyle Flynn Every year, terrific animated films come out of the mid-year film festivals. The Cannes and Annecy Film Festivals, just these past two years, premiered to the world, enriching animated films like Robot Dreams and Flow. The feature… Continue reading
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